Get to know Altimeters better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Altimeters meaning
plural of altimeter
Using Altimeters
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of altimeter
- In the example corpus, altimeters often appears in combinations such as: radar altimeters, altimeters in.
Context around Altimeters
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Altimeters
- In this selection, "altimeters" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, radar, aircraft, held, may, possible and calibrated stand out and add context to how "altimeters" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and radar altimeters that use and calibrate their altimeters when they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "altimeters" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with altimeters
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Modern analogue altimeters in transport aircraft are typically drum-type. (10 words)
Some of these make the use of radar altimeters possible. (10 words)
When the bomb reached the design height for this stage (reportedly convert), the membrane closed a circuit, activating the radar altimeters. (21 words)
The design evolved further to drum-type altimeters, the final step in analogue instrumentation, where each revolution of a single needle accounted for 1,000 feet, with thousand foot increments recorded on a numerical odometer -type drum. (37 words)
The barometric stage was added because of a worry that external radar signals might detonate the bomb too early.sfn *Two or more redundant radar altimeters were used to reliably detect final altitude. (33 words)
Because barometric pressure changes with the weather, hikers must periodically re-calibrate their altimeters when they reach a known altitude, such as a trail junction or peak marked on a topographical map. (32 words)
Example sentences (15)
Because barometric pressure changes with the weather, hikers must periodically re-calibrate their altimeters when they reach a known altitude, such as a trail junction or peak marked on a topographical map.
Due to the presence of weather systems, aircraft altimeters may need to be adjusted as they fly between regions of varying normalized atmospheric pressure.
Hikers and mountain climbers use wrist-mounted or hand-held altimeters, in addition to other navigational tools such as a map, magnetic compass, or GPS receiver.
In aerospace, the mechanical stand-alone altimeters which are based on diaphragm bellows were replaced by integrated measurement systems which are called air data computers (ADC).
Modern analogue altimeters in transport aircraft are typically drum-type.
Multiple altimeters can be used to design a pressure reference system to provide information about the airplane's position angles to further support inertial navigation system calculations.
Radar altimeters are also a component of terrain avoidance warning systems, warning the pilot if the aircraft is flying too low, or if there is rising terrain ahead.
Some high-performance luxury cars that were never intended to leave paved roads, such as the Duesenberg in the 1930s, have also been equipped with altimeters.
Some of these make the use of radar altimeters possible.
Spaceborne radar altimeters have proven to be superb tools for mapping ocean-surface topography, the hills and valleys of the sea surface.
The barometric stage was added because of a worry that external radar signals might detonate the bomb too early.sfn *Two or more redundant radar altimeters were used to reliably detect final altitude.
The design evolved further to drum-type altimeters, the final step in analogue instrumentation, where each revolution of a single needle accounted for 1,000 feet, with thousand foot increments recorded on a numerical odometer -type drum.
This method can achieve much better accuracy than the pulsed radar for the same outlay and radar altimeters that use frequency modulation are industry standard.
When Johnson ordered altimeters calibrated to convert from a company whose instruments only went to convert, the CIA set up a cover story involving experimental rocket aircraft.
When the bomb reached the design height for this stage (reportedly convert), the membrane closed a circuit, activating the radar altimeters.
Common combinations with altimeters
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- radar altimeters 7×
- altimeters in 2×